This is not perfunctory, Fang Kongzhi did lead the troops to attack Zhang Xianzhong's own formation.

However, his complexion is really not good-looking, because he was forced to this step by Yu Guozhen.

Although it was Yu Guozhen's instigation to go to Xiong Wencan to complain, it was also Fang Kongzhi's own intention, Gao Dazhu had been with him for more than a year, although he used his resources in the process to send more than 2,000 young Huwei and tens of thousands of people under the age of 17 to Yu Guozhen, but this was acquiesced by Fang Kongzhen, so these people had to give them a way to live to prevent them from being thieves. What's more, in the past year or so, Gao Dazhu has trained 15,000 decent Huguang soldiers, and he has tried his best. Therefore, Fang Kongzhi also wanted to breathe a sigh of relief for Gao Dazhu, but Xiong Wencan's partiality was beyond his expectations.

What surprised him even more was that after Yu Guozhen provoked him to go to Xiong Wencan, he immediately sent troops and directly destroyed Zuo Liangyu's camp.

This made Fang Kongzhi feel a sense of humiliation that he was being played by the children, he was proficient in easy learning, good at cultivating qi, although he didn't have a seizure on the spot, he still looked unhappy.

"If it weren't for my nephew's intention to conceal it, if Shibo knew about it in advance, I'm afraid I wouldn't be allowed to do this arrogant act." Yu Guozhen smiled.

Fang Kongzhi snorted.

What Yu Guozhen said was that if he had known in advance, he would never have allowed Yu Guozhen to act like this. When the enemy was in front, his own people fought among themselves, and they also destroyed more than 10,000 of the other party...... This is a sign of ignorance and ignorance!

"Shi Bo also saw with new eyes how Zuo Liangyu's subordinates hid dirt and dirt, and also saw that Dazhu is still not out of danger of his life." Yu Guozhen said again: "Such a person turned out to be the chief soldier of a town, why should the people be innocent and suffer from this?" ”

Fang Kongzhi's face was even more gloomy and terrifying, but this time it was not for Yu Guozhen's recklessness, but because of Zuo Liangyu.

There are more than 8,000 women rescued by Yu Guozhen from Zuo Liangyu's camp, and the tragic situation is needless to say. Zuo Liangyu ran rampant in Huguang, Zhongzhou, and Nanzhili, nominally chasing and suppressing thieves, but in fact following the rogue and plundering. The so-called bandits are like combing soldiers and soldiers are like grates, which means that Zuo Liangyu's department is more ferocious than the rogue. Previously, Fang Kongzhi may have heard of it, but he didn't see it, so he could turn a blind eye, but now Yu Guozhen transported more than 8,000 women back to Yuezhou Mansion by boat, and was going to stay there for a while, but he couldn't pretend not to see it anymore.

What's more, Yu Guozhen also sorted out several briefings on what happened to these women to Fang Kongzhi, which made Fang Kongzhi angry with Zuo Liangyu more than the idea of maintaining the dignity of his elders.

"That's it, you are justified in attacking Zuo Liangyu." Between the turns of his mind, Fang Kongzhi lightly revealed the matter.

Yu Guozhen immediately saluted him, and said rather unserious: "I am so tired that the elders clean up the mess for the younger ones, and I still have to confess my guilt to my uncle." ”

"You're duplicitous." Fang Kongzhi glared at him: "Ke Xian is an ignorant person, I have always felt that you are calmer than him, and now it seems that if you go crazy, it will be even more excessive than Ke Xian...... Beware of yourself! ”

In the mouth of Fang Kongzhi, who has never spoken ill words, these words are very harsh criticism, but at the same time, they also faintly imply intercede for Sun Lin. Yu Guozhen smiled: "Uncle, rest assured, Brother Kexian used to be young and vigorous, and he had little experience, so it was inevitable that there would be times when he was frivolous, but now as a general in a town, after the imperial court canceled the Dongjiang River, he will face Jianyu directly, and he will become stronger day by day." ”

Fang Kongzhi looked at him and sighed slightly.

Sun Lin's matter, Fang Kongzhi was also very annoyed, as Sun Lin's father-in-law, considering that he had to face Jianyu, so he didn't borrow soldiers and horses from him, but as soon as Gao Qiqian Shi Kefa and others spoke, Sun Lin actually lent out the elite soldiers in his hands.

But the result was that Yu Guozhen did not hesitate to reduce his support, from supporting his equipment and equipment of 12,000 men and horses for reasons to only supporting him 3,000 men and horses, losing 9,000 in one breath, and completely removing Huo Yan from Huwei. Sun Lin knew that it was not good at this time, but he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was unwilling to be cheeky to plead with Yu Guozhen, so he had to complain a few words in the letter to Fang Kongzhi.

Fang Kongzhi's letter back to him was only six words: Shengmien, Doumiqiu.

No matter how the two are relatives, Sun Lin's surname is Sun, Yu Guozhen's surname is Yu, Yu Guozhen's support to him is family affection and friendship, but it is not an obligation and responsibility. If Sun Lin complained about this again, then Fang Kongzhi felt that it was even necessary for him to contact Sun Lin's brother Sun Jin, and simply asked him to quit and go home to reflect.

Fortunately, Sun Lin did not admit his mistake after all, and when he replied to the letter, he said that he had written a letter to Yu Guozhen to apologize.

Fang Kongzhi knew that if the apology worked, what else would the national law do, Yu Guozhen would not give Sun Lin more support as before because of Sun Lin's apology, and the relationship between the two was finally weakened because of Sun Lin's carelessness.

"Jimin, the thieves still have 300,000 people, we don't wait for Prime Minister Xiong, just go to the battle like this, what are the odds of winning?"

The young man's affairs, Fang Kongzhi didn't interfere much, so he just mentioned it in a roundabout way. He returned to the current problem and asked Yu Guozhen.

"Uncle don't worry, the battle of Gong'an and the battle of Jianli have proved that the regular army has an absolute advantage over the upper class, even if it is one as ten." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "If the number of rogues is only 30,000, all of them are elites, then I won't fight like this, now there are 300,000 rogues, but I can fight against them head-on." ”

"Why?"

"It is not easy for 30,000 elites to shake it, and 300,000 rabble, as long as thousands of them are shaken to escape, the rest will collapse, and the 30,000 elites will also be shaken."

Fang Kongzhi snorted, Yu Guozhen's grasp of people's hearts is really to the level of the art of war.

"Besides, although our army is small, there are friendly troops everywhere - I dare to attack Zuo Liangyu openly, does Zuo Liangyu dare to attack me openly? Although there are many thieves, there are enemies on all sides, and the wind and the grass and trees are all soldiers. ”

Yu Guozhen added a second reason.

As for the third reason, it is needless to say, if a hundred Tiger Guards can only defeat 200 Rogue Kou head-on, then 1,000 Tiger Guards can completely defeat 10,000 Rogue Kou head-on, and 4,000 Tiger Guards can easily shake 100,000 Rogue Bandits. Thinking that Yu Guozhen had destroyed Zuo Liangyu's 20,000 people in less than half an hour, Fang Kongzhi had no doubt about this.

"Since that's the case, Jimin, you just let it go, I'm just following you and being a clay tire wood plastic." Thinking that he could remove the threat of the sacrifice thief to Huguang, Fang Kongzhi said with a smile.

They are very relaxed, but Xiong Wencan is like an ant on a hot pot.

After Zuo Liangyu's fiasco led to the collapse of Xiong Wencan's entire army, Gong An's victory and capture of Luo Rucai gave Xiong Wencan an excuse to deal with the court's accountability, and Jian Li's siege curbed the momentum of the main force of the Liukou to sacrifice thieves along the Jiangdong Gu, it can be said that Fang Kongzhi and the Huguang army he brought are now the mainstay on the battlefield. Xiong Wencan didn't wait to see Fang Kongzhi, but he still had to rely on Fang Kongzhi's strength, especially now that Zuo Liangyu only had a few thousand people left, even more so.

But without his consent, Fang Kongzhi took the initiative to invite the thieves to attack - no matter how many troops Fang Kongzhi had, it was only 14,500 people, but he was facing two or three hundred thousand thieves!

It's easy to say that Xiong Wencan is the prime minister's military affairs, and the biggest credit is always his, but what about defeat?

If he is defeated, not only will the Jingchu situation, which has finally stabilized, collapse again, but the court will inevitably investigate it, Xiong Wencan can of course throw Fang Kongzhi out of not listening to the command to shirk responsibility, but he can't get any benefits, and the court will still beat him after all!

"Why is this square hole so bold?" He was angry in his heart, he really didn't think about tea and food, and he was at a loss to sit in the barracks.

In the military report to him, Fang Kongzhi asked him to lead his troops to the north to block the retreat of the thieves in the area from Jing'men to Dang'yang, or to attack together and destroy the thieves under the city of Jing'zhou. But Xiong Wencan is unwilling to make these two choices - he is really not optimistic about Fang Kongzhi's attack this time, if Fang Kongzhi is defeated, shouldn't he go to clean up the mess for him?

Therefore, in addition to sending scouts to reconnoiter the situation, he shrank in Chuyang, but refused to move a step.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the first batch of scouts he sent rushed back.

"The thief company camped for more than 30 miles, besieged Jingzhou, and after learning that Fang Kongzhi's troops had sent to Jingzhou, they had gathered troops in one place, preparing for a decisive battle with Fang Kongzhi!"

This news made Xiong Wencan couldn't help but complain: "Fang Kongzhi, this Tong's city, has always boasted of knowing the soldiers, don't you know the reason of the soldiers' noble and treacherous ways, and don't raid them, but they want to fight with them with great fanfare...... That's it! ”

Zuo Liangyu followed him closely at this time, but his face changed.

Everyone knows that in the Jingchu area, only Fang Kongzhi's troops still have combat power, and Zhang Xianzhong also knows it. If he can defeat Fang Kongzhi, it means that Jing Chu will become his world, and he will definitely not miss this kind of opportunity.

Fang Kongzhi went away with a flamboyance, wasn't it just to induce the thieves to fight a decisive battle?

On the morning of the 10th day of the ninth month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the second group of reconnaissance cavalry rushed back: last night Fang Kongzhi camped in Dongshatou City, Jingzhou, and in the early morning of the next day, Zhang Xianzhong launched a surprise attack on Fang Kongzhi's camp. Huguang soldiers resisted the enemy, the two sides fought fiercely, the sound of killing was everywhere, the gunfire was deafening, Zhang Xianzhong also used artillery, and Huguang soldiers also seemed to use artillery to fight back!

"Fang Kongzhi dared to camp in Shatou, this place is so close to the thieves, he has few soldiers, he doesn't seek a quick battle, and even camps!" Xiong Wencan was roaring again.

Zuo Liangyu's throat moved, and he couldn't help Xiong Wencan's stupidity in military strategy.

Fang Kongzhi was clearly camped at a position not far from Zhang Xianzhong's words, so that Zhang Xianzhong was like a fish in his throat, and he had to take the initiative to attack the camp, to a certain extent, Zhang Xianzhong passively came out to fight!

In addition to the fact that time was not chosen by Fang Kongzhi, the location of the battlefield was completely chosen by Fang Kongzhi, and after seeing the terrible firepower of the Huguang soldiers, Zuo Liangyu could imagine what kind of casualties he needed to pay if he wanted to break through the camp guarded by such an army!

Just when Xiong Wencan was still roaring, the third group of scouts rushed back.

"Great victory, great victory!" As soon as he entered the camp, the scout shouted hoarsely.

(To be continued)